What Ladder? lyrics
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Artist: Grüvis Malt Album: Simon
Lyrics
Welcome to the food chain and you are right about ______ (here) Your music is worth $50 and 6 free beers And the beer is not a form of payment or hospitality It's a buffer between you and the insulting reality: $50 for six guys, two crew, and gas money?! For four hours of work, heavy lifting, and crowd stunning? I make less than one dollar an hour for fifty hours a week Which I give back to the band so we can pay for the cd That some pyt will no doubt ask for As a donation to her your not worth my six bucks foundation And I feel like the stickler?! I remain calm! And pray that decency will hit her before I do It's not that I can't grasp the concept of self-promotion It's just that this "supporter" grossly undervalues our devotion Most jobs last a year? I'm talking life sentence Convicted in '95 and been in love ever since
I won't forget how it feels Bolting a smile on my jaw Bathing in sacrifice, playing the rug Art has too many users to be a good drug
It's all wearing thin...these methods of trying to get fat Feeding off the table scraps of headlining acts Bumping off our sound check, cutting the already short set Every lenience is an "inconvenience" every monitor is now a threat And I'm trying to squeeze out approval from a biased audience By jumping up and down on hostile ground It's hard to look relaxed when your big break is being held hostage Then look thankful while you hustle your gear off stage To make time for dead air _________________ to build tension in the room (And here I thought there was enough, our set was over so soon) And in a way it's justified because "which band is really the draw?" The one with the label paying for the airplay nonstop! I'm not demanding success, just my hard-earned respect You may have outgrown these shoes but I'm not through with them yet And I don't want to bite the hand that feeds me I just want to make it well known If you start thinking tyranny then you'll be overthrown
[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]
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